Long time no post

Well suffice to say , It's been a long time dear readers. I have been doing bits and pieces of art but neglecting my poor blog. I have about 10 posts in my head but, rather than be obsessive and try to catch up in chronological order, I will just start from now and jump backwards when I get the time.

I have been platying a bit with texture and I bought an app for my iphone from the wonderful Michael deMeng called shades of alchemy. He lists some of his wonderful recipes for layering and pooling washes with videos and instructions. Having never taken a class from the master, I felt as if I was receiving personal tuition. So when this month's theme for paperarts was stone angels, I just had to play with his washes. This one is verdigris. I couldnt resist adding just a touch of copper gilding wax. Combined with texture paste and glimmer screens, I am pretty happy with the result. The trim down the bottom is from grunge paper and a mix of different distress embossing powders to give the look of old stone.

This one was also for paperarts. The image is a faux tin type using silver lumiere paint as the transfer medium from an inkjet image. Just love the ornamental iron embossing folder for the cuttlebug. You can use any acrylic paint for this technique but I particularly like the effect with silver.
I will try not to leave it so long. Have lots to share. Keep an eye out.

Love M